Job Hunting part 2 (This could turn into a saga)

I didn't get the job at BDA either. A 'recruitment freeze' she called it. Joan Dunlop's email sounded genuinely sorry, they're not hiring any more runners at the moment.
On the plus side (there always has to be a plus side) this means I won't be packing up M and the gorgeous flat and moving to London right this second. I can breathe a little and concentrate on uni while still applying for jobs left right and centre. It also means I might be able to spend the summer doing random jobs as well as maybe some more MiKat stuff and going for runner jobs on small shoots, usually I can't go for them 'cos I don't have enough time. Maybe maybe.

Filled in an application for Talk Back Thames today, emailed a distant relative who works for BBD London and last week phoned a ga-zillion production companies offering myself to them. Fun. Still, no responses yet, but I will phone them next week and be all, like, 'didja get my cv like?' -sigh-

Started my Swap My Mum script today for Writing for TV.. it's taken me ages to get started because you're made to do treatment after treatment, scene-by-scenes, step-by-steps until you're so sick of your own idea that you can't even be arsed to write the damn thing. So I decided that as I will be handing in all the garb, I'd start the script where my scene-by-scene leaves off, make it a bit more interesting. So I'm starting half way through and just pretending that the first half is pure genuis. That the characters are already well formed and likable. That the plot as worked up til now and audiences are literally gasping for the next installment of Swap My Mum. Meanwhile it's actually coming out a little bit er.. tame. I'm hoping it gets better.

Job Hunting

SO. I didn't get the job with the BBC. They sent an email saying like, no thanks but like, thanks anyway, yeah?

So I'm back on the hunt and I've phoned loads of companies in London and Bristol 'cos now I'm really confused with where I want to end up and actually I think I'd be happy anywhere as long as I'm earning over £10k and I'm with M and I'm safe.

Meanwhile I'm going to attempt to put my stuff up somewhere without it getting nicked. Ie my scripts from years gone by, my showreel etc. I'll see if I can do it on here.

Meanwhile if anyone hears of a nice Runner job in Bath, Bristol, Brighton or London LET ME KNOW.

Chars.

The BBC interview

So yesterday was my BBC interview at White City in London. Had to be there for 1pm, and decided to go back to Mum's on Tuesday night so I wouldn't be doing crazy expensive travelling like I did last week, and she could come to London and go shopping while I went in.

I was so nervous I thought I was going to sick up on my shoes.

Walking into the White City main building with 'British Broadcasting Corporation' in 10 ft letter on the building was pretty awesome. The inside is exactly as you would expect it to be, all glass and shiny floors and colourful chairs. The receptionist man wasn't very friendly but everyone else was. There were 8 of us being interviewed, over 3000 people applied and they were interviewing 140 to get about 40 jobs. So we were pretty good getting to this stage, they said.

The other potentials were all kind of like me, we all got on really well and I wasn't over or under dressed - I needn't have panicked so much.
We were taken into a small conference room with 4 assessors in each corner just sort of.. watching us. We were given a task we had to read through alone for 15 minutes and then discuss for 45. The task was to decide out of a load of holidays which 3 we would choose and which order for a new BBC 3 travel program taking into consideration economic climate, price and how it would look for a pilot. It was really fun and we did the task in the time without anyone getting upset or anything.
Then we had to go in for an interview, two on one, where they just asked some really simple questions like 'why do you want to be a runner?' and 'what challenges would you face and how would you deal with them?' stuff like that. I think it went ok, I just tried to make sure they knew how enthusiastic I was and that I would start as soon as I could and could do everything they wanted me to. That kind of crap.
Lastly was a written excersise where we had to come up with a TV programme and decide what time it would be on, audience and channel etc. Well, as I'm doing a Writing for TV module I kind of already had that covered and wrote down my 'Swap My Mum' comedy drama idea. Was that cheating? I guess not.. but I was uber prepared for it without meaning to be.

All in all, I think I did pretty well, I can't have done any more than I did so even if I don't get it at least I got an interview and had a crack at it.

Fingers crossed.

The Interviews

I know how excited you are to hear about my interview... it went well, I think. All relaxed and not at all scary, my nervousness was all for nought. I think I can really see myself at BDA, everyone is so friendly and the work is amazing, I'd be really proud to work for them.
Then, as I was sitting in the reception of my interview I got a phone call from the BBC Runner Pool offering me an interview - I got shortlisted! So next Wednesday I'm going back up to London to take part in a 4 hour session with a written exam, a group activity and then the actual interview. Arrrghhhhh! What the hell do I wear for that?!

So... I'm pretty sure I won't get the BBC job, I mean that would just be silly. Still, wouldn't say no...

I don't mind, just someone offer me a job, please?